Letters to the Editor

Writer meant makai, not mauka in her letter

In my recent letter about the stunning Hawaiian woman who appeared at the Haiku Community Association meeting May 2023 warning us all of the impending disasters to hit Maui, I made a critical error in one paragraph. 

The word "makai" (towards the sea) should replace "mauka" (towards the mountain).

She said she was recently awarded and designated the rightful heir to the lands makai of the Hana Highway, the moku of Hamakuapoko. Her inheritance was recently decided in court, she told us.

Thank you for allowing me to make this clarification.

Adrienne Poremba

Haiku